Being a mother – the hardest job there is?

People often say that being a mother is the hardest job in the world. I’ve always been skeptical of this – is wiping up drool and singing nursery rhymes really harder than, say, performing brain surgery, designing spaceships or diffusing bombs in Iraq? Maybe not, but in many ways, I find being a mother harder than my job in digital marketing. Here’s why:

My job: Consists of tasks that I’m relatively good at (writing web content, editing, analysing web analytics), thanks to two degrees and over a decade of relevant work experience.